Difference between revisions of "Maple Shade Ghost Lore Research"
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** ''[[Maple Shade Apotropaic Lore Research|Apotropaic Lore]] (0)'' | ** ''[[Maple Shade Apotropaic Lore Research|Apotropaic Lore]] (0)'' | ||
** ''Anchors (•)'' | ** ''Anchors (•)'' | ||
| − | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Banes|Spirit Lore: Banes]] (• | + | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Banes|Spirit Lore: Banes]] (•)'' |
| − | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Twilight|Spirit Lore: Twilight]] (• | + | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Twilight|Spirit Lore: Twilight]] (•)'' |
* '''8 successes:''' Anthropological studies of death cults, ancestor worship, and spirit remnant folklore. | * '''8 successes:''' Anthropological studies of death cults, ancestor worship, and spirit remnant folklore. | ||
| − | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Bans|Spirit Lore: Bans]] (• | + | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Bans|Spirit Lore: Bans]] (•)'' |
| − | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Influence|Spirit Lore: Influence]] (•• | + | ** ''Memoriam (•)'' |
| + | ** ''[[Maple Shade Spirit Lore Research#Influence|Spirit Lore: Influence]] (••)'' | ||
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==Obscurity •== | ==Obscurity •== | ||
===Anchors=== | ===Anchors=== | ||
| − | '''Obscurity:''' Occult | + | '''Obscurity:''' Occult •<br> |
Lore concerning the attachments that prevents the spirits of the dead from moving onto their eternal rest or reward.<br> | Lore concerning the attachments that prevents the spirits of the dead from moving onto their eternal rest or reward.<br> | ||
'''Progress:''' 5 successes • 2 rolls | '''Progress:''' 5 successes • 2 rolls | ||
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* '''4 successes:''' Anchors are most often locations and objects, although in rare cases they can also be people of tremendous significance. | * '''4 successes:''' Anchors are most often locations and objects, although in rare cases they can also be people of tremendous significance. | ||
** (This now enables the researcher to perform research actions to identify the Anchors of individual ghosts, with some Investigation.) | ** (This now enables the researcher to perform research actions to identify the Anchors of individual ghosts, with some Investigation.) | ||
| + | ===Memoriam=== | ||
| + | '''Obscurity:''' Occult •<br> | ||
| + | Lore concerning the ways in which ghosts feed on the spiritual power generated by grief and other emotions evoked by memory of them.<br> | ||
| + | '''Progress:''' 0 successes • 0 rolls | ||
Revision as of 01:45, 15 July 2018
Ghost Lore (Main Topic)
Skill: Occult
Lore concerning very basic information about ghosts and similar entities.
Ghost Lore, Basic
Obscurity: Occult 0 (General Knowledge Test applies)
Progress: 9 successes • 2 rolls
- 1 success: Simple awareness of the concept - generally lingering spirits of the dead.
- 2 successes: Pop culture knowledge of ghosts, from folkloric examples and mass media depictions of an afterlife and those that dwell there.
- Local Hauntings, by Location (0)
- 4 successes: Reference-level information, including some cultural variations on lingering spirits of the dead.
- Apotropaic Lore (0)
- Anchors (•)
- Spirit Lore: Banes (•)
- Spirit Lore: Twilight (•)
- 8 successes: Anthropological studies of death cults, ancestor worship, and spirit remnant folklore.
- Spirit Lore: Bans (•)
- Memoriam (•)
- Spirit Lore: Influence (••)
Portland Hauntings
Obscurity: Occult 0
Information regarding ghost sightings and hauntings in the Portland area, with an emphasis on those that are recurring and consistent.
Progress: –
Obscurity •
Anchors
Obscurity: Occult •
Lore concerning the attachments that prevents the spirits of the dead from moving onto their eternal rest or reward.
Progress: 5 successes • 2 rolls
- 2 successes: An anchor is a thing of emotional significance to which a ghost is connected, acting like a fetter preventing the ghost from shaking off the mortal coil.
- 4 successes: Anchors are most often locations and objects, although in rare cases they can also be people of tremendous significance.
- (This now enables the researcher to perform research actions to identify the Anchors of individual ghosts, with some Investigation.)
Memoriam
Obscurity: Occult •
Lore concerning the ways in which ghosts feed on the spiritual power generated by grief and other emotions evoked by memory of them.
Progress: 0 successes • 0 rolls
